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I googled this group for info on Yellowstone and one uninformative post
showed up. We're hoping to visit near the end of next May, for 4 days. Can anyone here recommend a good place to stay, preferably in the park, but would consider staying someplace very close outside the park. We're looking for a strategically located place, not at the upper end of expensive. Middle priced or less. Any tips on what not to miss? Thanks, Marsha |
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Marsha wrote:
I googled this group for info on Yellowstone and one uninformative post showed up. We're hoping to visit near the end of next May, for 4 days. Can anyone here recommend a good place to stay, preferably in the park, but would consider staying someplace very close outside the park. We're looking for a strategically located place, not at the upper end of expensive. Middle priced or less. Any tips on what not to miss? Thanks, Marsha Yellowstone is a big place. I would suggest spending two days in the Old Faithful area and two days at Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel. Staying outside the park may be a bit cheaper, but for only a four day trip you don't want to be doing that much driving every day. Better get moving on those reservations. |
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Dymphna wrote:
All of the places in the park are booked through this company 'Yellowstone Cabins, Accommodation, Inn, Lodging, Camping, RV: Xanterra. - Welcome to Yellowstone National Park ' (http://www.travelyellowstone.com/) Book early - things fill up. If you want to stay just outside the park, I suggest looking at West Yellowstone. There are some very affordable places there. 'ALL West Yellowstone Montana: Lodging, Hotels, Vacations' (http://www.westyellowstonenet.com/) This has most of the hotels there. Although I don't see the Holiday Inn on the list. I have stayed at the Holiday Inn there and it is nice. It has a refurbished train to go through as well as much more. It has been renovated just a couple of years ago. I do recommend it. Thanks. Which direction are you coming from? I know you are going to run into some road construction. They are hoping to get done with the road construction this fall on the Cook City Highway going in from Red Lodge. This is an impressive drive and very beautiful. But not for anyone who is afraid of heights! I have attached a couple of pictures of it so you can see that. Those were not even taken from the top. We'll be coming from the east. I found the web site that will keep me up to date as far as construction. Put me on your friends list and contact me before you go and I can get more traffic information for you before you go. In May some roads may still be closed due to snow. I'll remember that. Thanks again. We're hoping to go the week before Memorial Day, coming back Friday 5/28. Marsha |
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SMS wrote:
Marsha wrote: I googled this group for info on Yellowstone and one uninformative post showed up. We're hoping to visit near the end of next May, for 4 days. Can anyone here recommend a good place to stay, preferably in the park, but would consider staying someplace very close outside the park. We're looking for a strategically located place, not at the upper end of expensive. Middle priced or less. Any tips on what not to miss? Thanks, Marsha Yellowstone is a big place. I would suggest spending two days in the Old Faithful area and two days at Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel. Staying outside the park may be a bit cheaper, but for only a four day trip you don't want to be doing that much driving every day. Better get moving on those reservations. Thank you very much. We're still working on it, but I've heard these places fill up fast. Marsha |
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Yes they do fill up fast. I have seen the hotels fill up all the way to Billings in the summer. -- Dymphna Message origin: www.TRAVEL.com |
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Marsha wrote:
Thank you very much. We're still working on it, but I've heard these places fill up fast. Marsha Some good information about Old Faithul can be found at "http://nordicgroup.us/yellowstoneoldfaithful/". |
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SMS wrote:
Yellowstone is a big place. I would suggest spending two days in the Old Faithful area and two days at Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel. Staying outside the park may be a bit cheaper, but for only a four day trip you don't want to be doing that much driving every day. Better get moving on those reservations. I tried making reservations though the web site today. They ask you to list your top three preferences and then you have to list all your credit card info and address, etc. Then the final page tells you about the 10% non-refundable fee, based on your total charges. What a bunch of bulls***. You can't tell me that if I have to cancel a reservation, that they wouldn't be able to re-rent in a heartbeat. And you don't even know which one they'll reserve for you. Call me naive, because I had no idea they did this, but that's crap. Marsha |
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Marsha wrote:
SMS wrote: Yellowstone is a big place. I would suggest spending two days in the Old Faithful area and two days at Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel. Staying outside the park may be a bit cheaper, but for only a four day trip you don't want to be doing that much driving every day. Better get moving on those reservations. I tried making reservations though the web site today. They ask you to list your top three preferences and then you have to list all your credit card info and address, etc. Then the final page tells you about the 10% non-refundable fee, based on your total charges. What a bunch of bulls***. You can't tell me that if I have to cancel a reservation, that they wouldn't be able to re-rent in a heartbeat. And you don't even know which one they'll reserve for you. Call me naive, because I had no idea they did this, but that's crap. Marsha 10% cancellation fee? -- Not according to Xanterra's Web page: http://www.travelyellowstone.com/sum...icies-114.html Their words, not mine: "In the event of a cancellation, 48-hour notice is required to receive a full refund of your deposit amount." |
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Marsha wrote:
SMS wrote: Yellowstone is a big place. I would suggest spending two days in the Old Faithful area and two days at Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel. Staying outside the park may be a bit cheaper, but for only a four day trip you don't want to be doing that much driving every day. Better get moving on those reservations. I tried making reservations though the web site today. They ask you to list your top three preferences and then you have to list all your credit card info and address, etc. Then the final page tells you about the 10% non-refundable fee, based on your total charges. What a bunch of bulls***. You can't tell me that if I have to cancel a reservation, that they wouldn't be able to re-rent in a heartbeat. And you don't even know which one they'll reserve for you. Call me naive, because I had no idea they did this, but that's crap. Marsha Which website did you try? I think you might have gone to a fake Yellowstone web site. Here's the official website for Yellowstone's concessionaire (Xanterra): http://www.travelyellowstone.com/ And here's the web page with their official cancellation policy: http://www.travelyellowstone.com/sum...icies-114.html Note: you can cancel your reservations up to 48 hours in advance and receive a full refund. I think the website you went to wasn't the correct one. - Peter |
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A good source for lots of info from a lot of experienced Yellowstone people
is the Yellowstone Chat site: http://www.yellowstone-natl-park.com/wwwboard/chat2.htm Be sure to do some reading, both on the chat archive and other places, because no one likes to have to read thru a bunch of questions on things that can easily be found on the National Park site. Scroll way to the bottom of all the messages for links to a lot of good sites related to Yellowstone. Here's a link to the Old Faithful webcam: http://www.nps.gov/archive/yell/oldfaithfulcam.htm "Peter Lawrence" wrote in message ... Marsha wrote: SMS wrote: Yellowstone is a big place. I would suggest spending two days in the Old Faithful area and two days at Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel. Staying outside the park may be a bit cheaper, but for only a four day trip you don't want to be doing that much driving every day. Better get moving on those reservations. I tried making reservations though the web site today. They ask you to list your top three preferences and then you have to list all your credit card info and address, etc. Then the final page tells you about the 10% non-refundable fee, based on your total charges. What a bunch of bulls***. You can't tell me that if I have to cancel a reservation, that they wouldn't be able to re-rent in a heartbeat. And you don't even know which one they'll reserve for you. Call me naive, because I had no idea they did this, but that's crap. Marsha Which website did you try? I think you might have gone to a fake Yellowstone web site. Here's the official website for Yellowstone's concessionaire (Xanterra): http://www.travelyellowstone.com/ And here's the web page with their official cancellation policy: http://www.travelyellowstone.com/sum...icies-114.html Note: you can cancel your reservations up to 48 hours in advance and receive a full refund. I think the website you went to wasn't the correct one. - Peter |
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